Anyone else have a truly terrible experience in Turkey? We…
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Anyone else have a truly terrible experience in Turkey?
We were scammed by basically every taxi we took, where the driver would demand 1,000 Lira more than the price clearly displayed on the meter. One was particularly egregious, as the meter was clearly tampered with and he wanted more.
Every single interaction we had felt like the person wanted to get money from us or cheat us, while doing either the least amount to help or the most amount to harm.
Multiple people shouted at children with us who, despite being kids who I discipline myself, are and have been generally well-behaved. In one instance, I don't really know why the person shouted.
To top it off, our flight back home was canceled, and Turkish Airlines absolutely refused to help us. The staff in the airport genuinely took a "that's not really my problem", approach. The woman at one point told us she would send us to a different country near ours (but not that near), and that I would have to buy our flights home from there. When I refused, Turkish Airlines told us that they wouldn't provide accommodation for the full balance of the nights we were stranded.
Just a generally terrible experience, and, to top it off, it's Ramadan, when I would have expected people to act more compassionate than usual. It makes me sad because I went into this really wanting to enjoy Turkey. I actually insisted to my partner to come because I told them that this is such a culturally diverse and so historically significant place, but I have found the people so unpleasant.
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We were scammed by basically every taxi we took, where the driver would demand 1,000 Lira more than the price clearly displayed on the meter. One was particularly egregious, as the meter was clearly tampered with and he wanted more.
Every single interaction we had felt like the person wanted to get money from us or cheat us, while doing either the least amount to help or the most amount to harm.
Multiple people shouted at children with us who, despite being kids who I discipline myself, are and have been generally well-behaved. In one instance, I don't really know why the person shouted.
To top it off, our flight back home was canceled, and Turkish Airlines absolutely refused to help us. The staff in the airport genuinely took a "that's not really my problem", approach. The woman at one point told us she would send us to a different country near ours (but not that near), and that I would have to buy our flights home from there. When I refused, Turkish Airlines told us that they wouldn't provide accommodation for the full balance of the nights we were stranded.
Just a generally terrible experience, and, to top it off, it's Ramadan, when I would have expected people to act more compassionate than usual. It makes me sad because I went into this really wanting to enjoy Turkey. I actually insisted to my partner to come because I told them that this is such a culturally diverse and so historically significant place, but I have found the people so unpleasant.
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